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VOL. XXV. NO. 99.
A.SHKVJ LLK, X. ('., WEDNESDAY .M()UMN(i. ,1 AM'AUV '27, 1909.
JMJK'i: FIVE CENTS.
CKOW&L, FARM AM AND
C. P. TAFT CHARGED WITH
Why is it-
'LEGISLATURE STATE DEP'T
GETTING DOWN IS WORRIED BY
TO REAL WORK JAP QUESTION
Rills of Vital Importance to Any of The Throe Rills Now
Slate considered in ' Pending Might Cause)
Moth Houses. Serious Rupture.
CORRUPTION IN CANAL DEAL
Permitted to Hob liepublio
of Panama and U. S.,
Savs Uaiucv.
INFAMOUS liATLTiOAD
DEAL, HE DECLARES
Startling Appeal For Con
gress to Investigate the
Canal Purchase.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. -Jf,. Charging
that Wlllium Nelson Cromwell, Roger
I.. Furnham, Charles I'. Tuft and oth
ers urc parlies to tho "most infamous
railroad proposition ever submitted to
uny government" and that they "are
being permitted not only to rob the
republic- of Panama hut indirectly the
treasury of the I'nited Stall'", "Repre
sentative Jtainey. of Illinois today di
rected the search-light of publicity
upon affair In the canal zone in a
startling speech in support of his reso
lution providing lor an investigation
by congress of the Panama canal pur
chase. "In their efforts in tlrh dirce
Hon" he continued, "they have had so 1
far the complete co-operation anil act
ive assistance of the present adminis
tration and of the next president of
tho I'lilted States."
.Mr. Italney traced the history of the
proposed canal four hundred years
back and warned that we have al
ready started In the direction of the
rocks upon which the French com
panies: were wrecked
HfiVrrinff tn tho iroviTiiment's libel
Hult against the New York W orld and
the grand Jury investigation now
i
progress in this city and in New York,
.Mr. Kuiney said:
"If we are to carry this project
through to a successful conclusion, we
must avoid graft. 1 1 is not the part
of wise statesmanship to dispose of
resolutions asking for an Investigation
of any, phras. of the canal out-stiou
with the sweeping and absolutely un
supported official declaration that
there Is nothing to Investigate. It is
not the part of sound statesmanship
and the patriotism to attempt to re
vive the absolute common law reme
dies of two hundred years ago, and to
, mDloy. alL )ie.. tremendous agencies
of the government in attempting to
crush newspapers which have had the
courage to call attention to a ques
tionable, transaction In connection
w1h the canal."
He submitted for record various pa
pers and documents in support of
mam allegations contained In the
speech.
.Mr. Riilnov was particularly bitter
in his denunciation of Mr. i 'nunvv ell.
Keneral counsel for the new French
Panama Canal company and counsel
anil a director of the Panama rail -
road, which is owned by the I nlted
States government. He charged that
"through the manipulations of .Mr.
Cromwell, the French I'nnal company
was permitted to steal from the I'nit
ed States government three or lour
million dollars" and that after he
"had become an officer in fact of the
I'nited Slates, he became a party to
an attempt to collect from the I'nited
States a fraudulent claim on the part
of tin' canal company of $ .'.-IKI.UOO.
Attacks (lie Ohaliiiu.
He also was unsparing In his attack
upon Don Jose Domingo de ohnldia.
president of Panama, who. he said,
represented "as no oilier Spanish
American statesman in his generation
all that is corrupt in Spanish-A m. ri
eon politics."
Without Obaldiu" ho stated,
"Cromwell's career would have been
impossible, without Cromwell, obaldia
would have been impossible."
Against Preslclent-elei t Taft. lew
en-route to the canal none. Mr Rain
ev directed the ac us.1th.11 that on the
occasion of his last trip to Panama in
May "he did nothing on the isthmus
except to openly push the candidacy of
Obaldia for the presidency." lb as
serted that a very thinly veiled threat
to selr.e the republic if obaldi.i wis
not elected was contained in a letter
written by Mr. Taft to the then presi
dent Amador an.l that to prevent this,
Arias, Obaldhi's opponent, withdrew.
Reference to President Roosevelt's,
recent attack on Senator Tillman was
made by Mr. Uainey in asserting that
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
responsible for the expenditure
January 1 last of over one million
lars for the purchase of the st,
a Khnwmut and Tremont for
was
on
-the
Panama Railroad company, w ho h th
-.,... I commission did not want
Hid
did not need, but which were bought
(Continued on page lx.)
M. RAILROADS CANNOT APPEAL TO
STATE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS
(By Associated Press.)
RICHMOND, V.i.. Jin- 2 The
railroads vre today refused the right
'of appeal to the state supremo court
o." appeals in the two-cent rate mat
ter. The roads now have two courses
open tr them. They can either go
Into the I'nited States circuit court of
appeal and have the case heard at
length, or they can go to corpor
ation commission and make applica
tion for a revision the r ites on the
gtound that the roads are losing
money. If they go to the Cnited
State circuit courU of appeals and
NINE JURORS
AND CHARGES
AGAINST TWO
Second Venire of 500 Tales
men Exhausted in
Cooper Trial.
HEARINGS TODAY
A0A1NST JURORS
Improbable That Twelve
Men Will Re Sworn Un
til Next Week.
(By Asioclatec Press.)
I NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 2B When
I the second venire of five hundred
tt.lt smeii was exhausted today wlth-
out the completion of the Jury to try
Col- Duncan Cooper. Robin Cooper
ami John D. Sharpe for the slaying
of former Senator K. W. Carmack,
ick
Judge Hart announced that he won
d, vote tomorrow to the hearing
charges against Jurors Leigh and
Jackson. Meantime he drew anothe
venire of five hundred names and th
T,tt ' summoning them for servic
ii a a. rn. r rjtiuy.
Just before court adjourned this
nfti rnoon the state filed charges
uf.;, Inst Juror H. C- Jackson, claiming
that ho was Incompetent because he
was an habitual drunkard. The state
has been trying since hist week to get
a hearing on the charges against Jur
or J- K. ljcigh and Its witnesses were
summoned to appear tomorrow when
both cases will be gone into.
There are nine men in the box with
charges against two of them. The fail
ure of counsel to complete the Jury
from tbc first thousand 'talesmen, to
gether with tho fact that the number
already aeleoted may be reduced by
the court makes It "WfrVmely -Improbable
that the twelve men will be
sworn in before some time next week.
li. H. Jackson, a blacksmith, lifty
liv e years old, who lives fn the coun
ty, has not read a paper for tvventy
eighl years ami hud heard (.'annuel;
was dead, he thought- He was eager -Iv
accepted as Juror number eight.
Lclei in the day the state gae n.itie
that they would ask the removal l',ri
t!e jury of Juror Jackson, on th
j charge that he Is an habitual drunk
'and otherwise unlit to serve in the
cast.
Never Head I'iiiht.
S M. Ilvde. a farmer, fort.v -eight
years old, who had never read a
newspajier and who bad no opinion
bet was opposed to capital punish
ment was accepted as juror number
nine.
(.. V. Kielier, one of the talesmen
when summoned, said:
"Tell the judge to go to the devil.
I am too busy to serve as a juror."
The officer who served him report
ed to Judge Ward and ki"lr was
brought In.
"Sit down over there." wild the
corn- "I won't send you to tin- devil
right away, but I'll send you sorie
plhcr else after a while."
I' N. Orier was willing to sit on
the jury, although he was a friend of
J hn IV Sharp, one of the defendants.
I'ntil two years ago he would not
lot - for banging.
"Since then." he :,id, "lve read
Pcnl's writin's an' he says 'submit
y, rrselves to all authority and ordin
ances that be over ye," so I believe
the law is authority "
"You would like to get off'"' Inquir
ed Judge Anderson, of the defense
' I shore w odd."
"Then we will oblrge v-.u." said t!a
d- i f use.
The hearings tomorrow with refer
ence to the two jurors Leigh and
Jai kson promise to be interesting.
BANKRUPT FOR
E. H. HARRIMAN
(By Associated Press.)
AmrSTA. Ca.. J;m. 2i At a hmi
Miirt in hfs honor. pl n by th A ti -Kusta
chamlMT -f ( iinnw r at Vr
country flub grounds tcniyht. Mr. K.
H. Ilarriman, th- railway kinc. out
lined th pollry of his nnlroHds in
thf Mat- of Georgia.
there is a new heartng the entire dis
pi.te will come up on its merits and
be heard by that tribunal and be fin
ally carried to the Cnited States su
preme court.
l ending final adjudication the two
cent passenger rate will obtain in the
st;ti of Virginia. In accordance with
the contract made between the gover
nor and the state officials and the
railroads some time ago The decision
of the court today in refusing to grant
the appeal was on the ground that
the ronds had not complied with the
law? of the state by making the ap
plication within the prescribed one
year provided by the constitution.
vav jui"
flUST RUN
TJ '
1?&J " e' "" "1 i. . w ft , f r orriitf
That the candidate always
tries to leave the impression
that he doesn't earc for the
office, but his friends insist
ed and he just had to run.
REACH DECISION THAT
PRESIDENT NEED NOT
GIVE ANY INFORMATION
In Connection "With Absorp
tion of Tennessee Coal
and Iron Co.
WHO KNOWS ALL.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHlNdTi'N. Jan 1'ti. That the
senate has no right to call tip""
President Roosevelt for information
which he may have obtained fiom
the United States steel corporation
when he countenanced that concern"-!
abHorptlorr of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company is the opinion o. the
spect il e rnlttee judiciary opp uni-
ed to investigate the merger. The
situaMon is proving decidedly em
burra -ing to the judiciary cummlttue.
regardless of this fact, it has been
decided to proceed with the Imjulry
and re port to the senate whether '-he
president had authority to permit me
merger.
When the committee called upon
Attorney General Honaparte to appear
before It at a recent meeting a reply
was received declining the Invitation.
This Invitation wiw not made puldn.
It Is now known that Mr. Honaparte
directed the committees attention tj
the act to establish the department of
commerce and labor and argued that
It Is a bar to any demand for such
information as the president may
have acquired concerning the neces
sity of the absorption of the Tenncs-
st-e concern. Cnder that act the
commissioner of corporations Is em
powered to gather from corporations
engaged in lnter-state commerce such
information and data as will enable
the president to make reconimenda
tions to congress for regulation. ThV
provision of law concludes as fol
1 o v s :
And the information obtained or
as much thereof as the president ma
direct shall be made public."
The data supplied to the president
by Judge F. II. Hary, and II. f
Crick as to the necessity for th mer.
ger. according to Mr Ronap.irle
comes within this clause of the com
merce and labor act. Without this
Information it is difficult for the
Committee to proeee,!.
The siiirestion lias been made tha'.
all of the information nouiied could
be given l.v Messrs. Crick and flary.
but no decision to subpoena thene
men lias been reai bed.
FOR WELFARE OF
NEGLECTED CHILD
(By Associated Press)
ttASHINilTO.'.'. Jan I'fi Advanc
c.l steps of far-reaching significance
to the future well being of the chil
'cm of tie- country were taken at
the concluding se-ion of the confer
ence on the care of the dependent
children hf id in this city. Voicing the
until irnous sentiment of nearly two
hiirdrr d d, legates the conf-Ten e
adopted a comprehensive report of
it conclusir ns as to the mot prac
tical plan for promoting the welfare
Of the neglected child.
One of the most important recom
mendations contained In the report
wrxh was submitted to President
Rih sevelt at a notable- subscription
dinner given by the conference et the
N'" Williard tonight, requested th
president to send a message to con
gress urging the establishment of a
fei-ral children's bureau, one of
whole objects shall be to disseminate
accurate information fn regard to
elilld caring, work and tho needs of
tho children.
And at
anxious
breaking
(
HONOR PAID Tfr
CAP'T 1SEALBY
OF REPUBLIC
People Cheer Captain and
Wireless )erator of
Fated Ship.
STATEMENT OF
.COLLISION GIVEN
Florida's People Sny Repub
lic Wjis .-it Full Speed
f PI no.!. I.'.i.r
J I I I ' I I 11 I 1'rt-
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ViiCIC, Jan. -.'li
i tin.
in the aftermath of the! Flank Trumbull, who Is soon to re
1 i-ion, which resulted 'tire from the presidency of the Colo-
Of the day
Nai. tucket
In the loss et the "White star
liner'
Ue ubllc, tie- -erloliH damaging or the
Italian liner Florida, the death of six
pel sins ami tic- Injury of several oth -
in ivere id.- lienors exteiule.l to Cap
tain 1 Sei.ii , .md wirei. iperaioi
and wirei. ss '
.1 the Republic
l he l-'lorlda's p
illlslon ocenrp
e.iple firojnise
cause of tic
Jack Hlnns. "! the Republic, und a
st.'.tentciit h'
to how lie i
Wude M.n i
version ol ti.
as
Th-
then
lllsloii
tone rrovv
I poli the l.mdlng at the W hite Hlai
p. r of :i ti i n Healby and np' tater
liii.ns ;
be;,itll
ailiiiitei
big
vviiii-
rowd die
a score of
'I the nu n
thus curri'
offices on 1
red them
ut huMiawt u
in their
d I hem to
),e '.,rlda
Si. i Ciders
the stearic
abi -
(.'i plain
gave out
ccliisioti
dlrict (ha
rcniilng :t
th" i.gb ti
(e.rtf th"'
l-''orida w.
c.-,.ani -li
d'
plnl, of
i.ttement
feature
Hint Ibe
tie
Florida.
ri-it.ii iliug till'
,il tin- was tin
lb Jill bile was
Ote ,, fpee.l
high
It Hlso refuted I"-
iiuarternui -I. r of the
.i blame .net that tie
the man The st.it' -
ti.' r.t suv hart:
"The I''.. .I., was proceeding b..
Iv when !u re.g whisth ' aiiotle r
slean er. a' li afterward" ! i ' . I l.
b t he I.' (. I lie, were h-aid !. I lie
oP li i ri and 1 'kouts off tie -I. II l.n.no
bow of tie llallan stearnei.
1 nlncM Hevi'rsed.
The . i' H of the I I'U Ida w. r.
r, . r- 'I. ' ' two signal" "! thre
v' v ' blown, tlelleiit.iiK that
the- niiiih. . re going a.l in 'I In
e. l.vi.,,i :.. theless took pl.o . Hl
b.i r lie liurlda striking He port
i
Bide ,,f
of .-,1111. 1 h
to both si
1 le li
thi'.lU'h t!
h.o- ol t !.
:epublie
ausing
h.it iil'l
.1 i ui.ig'
is.
Uepublie he. an,' '. is.l.l.
l"g she wa- ' i .'--' 1 1 ii :h
orida from wt-.ii id
ming at a high rate ol
I'im Of the ' , i'l.l w .!
' to starboard, le-pMo.' ti
-w of the Itaheii I.....I i.
I assist In a . "el'i x i h
other st H'ner '.v a
uing so fast th.i ' t le- v
p. rt in
S ' i (I
pi .li.pt'
s - n i: t
sli rb :u
o'l.siori
li'ce.cr
sei eulli
(Cort nued on page th'ee.)
FAIR
WASH rNOTOK, Jan. :6 Wthr:
North Carolina Fair. Trnipcrutiir
will remain about the same.
the same time is so
for it, he is nearly
his neck.
SALE OF MAJORITY
OF THE INTEREST IN
C. AND 0. RAILWAY CO.
Negotiations With Edwin
llawley and Associates
Nearly Concluded.
'210,000 SHAKES.
(By Associated Press,)
NKW YOltK, Jan. ;. Negotiations
for sale of, a majority interest In the
Chesapeake and Ohio Hallway com
pany to Edwin llawley end asaociales
day. Kuhn. I.onb I'll... sold tt) Unpen-
Interests about 240,000 (limns
or common stock which they had
purchased from the Pennsylvania
Kallroail company "ver two y nrs
ago and It Is understood that tolo r
lurge amounts of stock ar Included
In Ihc deal
Asxce i. ite, vv ltli Mr. llawley In the
putt base ol I'bcHapeake and Ohio al
nolo ami Southern railroad, recnll
is n Air. navvo v io inn ioirMo.
I Unrllngton rind gulncy road, and ! .
iW. 8. ..tt. of Hentt and Htrlnglelhcv ,
bankers at Itlchmoul. Vn. The pri
.ali for the Kuhn. I.oeb holdlligs Is
not disc lowed, but is believed to be
!nl t V per share The stock wiirf
vt'iy ;t. tl" tn tnil.iy'n ni,irl,t, rt'lling
'li 'Kit n ;( k hihI (HiJo nwriH itnd
-r.'lt'H lliT'iiiKll l'flH HhfHJt l.S.'.ft H
of p'.t'l lii' f (i"intM (if rnntlrn'iit
:t r fritfn .Newport Ww. 'u.. and
WaHhihKli.n. I t" t 'Iniiimnli tttnl
r.nuNvilN' u ith nuiiicroiiM hi.Hit-h
IllH-rV.
Afl'-r r-rir'iinITirnt mHnv finnnrl;.)
'linn uIim"- ' 'h'-sji m-ii k ;ifid fh ti aus
v-nf KiMiil 'a ji (iMiir f.irrM lfidjurj in
I s s iti v hi h iirix- th- -xln-l"fi t-
' 'itif-i nn.il i v ;m hu ill. ' tf tH t-nim;il
Mt"( ; llicn' is iHxtiimlihx Ift.'i.lMJd
000 hi ' .Murnoii "I'iiii i. with onl it
iwijT)in;il iini'tcftt tf (ii ffirrcfl fto k
J t h h'-ii(l'l -I'M in liHKf aii''
rTfiit!', i n ' i i -'! I I he Iwdu.1 of an
,HMi'.tti.l '.U.Uht) taut. ftf thin 1 il
auMMHit Im-vw v.. r, ..uly f 1 1,0'tO U(tu
hue h'-n pin- '-'I on thf market, !h-
pKiriTiN of v. huh n be uh 1 fnf
r-'l ufi'li mk mat ni i itjr -1 1 1 c 1 f i i n .
It ;x r v.i r.fl iKfilfli ant tJiat
M'-sjiftt. Kutin I. Ar Ci.. tliKiHli
4 h-m f 'H,fr.l -.1 ((,, pf.jp'Tty vi, i
F -' c i r - f 1 ;(f.' Ih- hli.n''lft jtcfl'H i
llif I', hi,..- Kama t ,i : I roml ,
FOUR MEN BURNED
TO DEATH IN HOTEL
. ?:T W' iirril. T. v 1 1 -I".
ei in. , i l;u' -,s -,r the Hoi.th'-rn ho
t' I. Were -iifr.'. Ule.l ,,r bumed I"
.hi li' ullen the hiiihllriK whs dertroy
. ., l.v fin todav. H' .eral other per
s .os - iil r- 'l riior- , ! ss serious In
j: ,' by jiiillpuiK fretn wind'. am in an
ere, . 'aver to cs. a.c- from ti..- burn
In;, building
The dead
Ml I.AM HAMILTON. n.-burnc,
T' Mis
-n a TM.r-:s ritow.s'. r,rt Wmti,
JCHKI'lf J auglo,n HI Louis
I K I'KTTirr. l,.n,iion. Texas.
"Ihc- iriiiKl s ri'.uslv Injured are 11
L .ManrnnsT. of iall,is. Texas, arc) W
S Stegall and wife and .Miss Lou
Ah Mind.-r. of this city
Tile fire originated in the explosion
of a gasollri stove and tile fl'inc
si r ail very rapidlv. The bodies of
the men were found near a window
which they were evidently endeavor
ing to reach when overcome b
the smoke.
Manning was injured while at
tctopllng to rescue the. men. Kxeept
l'1let all four men were railroad em
ployes. Hnlde the hotel six other
bcllt'lngs were heavily damaged.
WEAVER INTRODUCES
HILL EOU A I5RID0E
Committee on Federal Ucla -
tions Will Report Fav-
orably Hills.
(Special to The CltltenA
n AI.KHIII. Jan 2.--TIe' house f
today, after along and at I linen rath- j
er warm argument, let the aolleltoi'sl
salary bill pass the second reading
with nn amendment by Mr. Oord n.
of tlullford. reducing the salary pro -
vlded for In tho Koonco hill. $2.7 R
to ts,3f0.
The vote on the amendment was
sixty-live to thirty-three. Mr. Koonee
himself vded against his hill after;
the amendtnent had been adopted. It
hud come from the committee with-;
out prejudice. Tho bill went over for
lis third reading on ohjiHtlon by .Mr.
I onnor. who discovered a tei t.ntciu
error In providing, thfi method by
which the fees a paid now nro to bo
collected and turnnd in to the slate
treasury. The debate lasted about two
hours. It Is difficult to tell what will
be the final fate of hill. Alt effort, led
by Hcnalor Oraham, wa made to
postpone iiioii coonoiei n 1 1101 i.o nun
and see If the committee on judicial
districts, of which Mr. Doughb.n I.
luilrman. will bring In n bill
for the
re-dlstrlctlng of the stnte as to init
ial districts. Irt order to eiUnlln as
much as possible tha work for Judge
and solicitors, but till was so Wrong- ' , ,Tll .Ti,7J T
Iv opposed by Chairman Htubbs, nftha; rl"' Should th eond hill, pfovtd-s
Judiciary commute, number 2. having!1'1" "- th. , dtlbm of Jgp,
the bill in charge, and other, tha; It '' , ' 'of,
was voted down,
Primary HIIIn
Hepresenlatlve, Co, of Wake, ln -
traduced In the house and Senator i
k i .i. .,. i!
general primary hill, providing Ot"? relation, b.Hwan th Unit-
the holding uf primary by all partlear" ?r V. T si. i .
on th iimii day. All officer aw In
eluded, cxr.pt prealdent and ' vino
preald.nt of th United Htat. th
ses of general clci tlons are over.
A resolution to repeat the la on j
peddlers of manufactured tohaoio
and encourage competition In the sail,
of It whs Introduced by lleprcs'ntatlvo
i 'onnor.
Speaker (In.ham's promised bill on!" ,n ' " 6rt-
the divorce iuestlon was put In. It
provides that when a wile abandons
be, husband and be make a written
r rccomUlatl.,,.. witne.ed b,Wi" rhol." say th JapnM.
lender
two persons, together will, an offer
..f .ii I m.1 vt If.. t,ll oerulsts
on remaining separate and apart f.m i 1,""n ,nr" to ttnd np -
him for five years after sdvh offer, she " ""' ' thsy Wl-r W WOUM
loses her dow. r Interest In his m.l!m"k" "W'-'"""- But w mut b
ri ,r itrealcd to the Mir privilege allow.
" The senate devoted two hours to the " thr natldn..-' '
dlmusslon of the lmiple bill, to pro-, ""M,''L. " , ..."
hlblt the sale of ll for two year.and ' w1':'" "h' 1'm P ln-l
It went over without a vple as special
order for WftdriesvWiy nt noon.
Mr. Weaier's Hill.
Two bills were introduced by Hep
resentiiiive Weaver today : (hat section
210 of r. vl-a 'K not apply to W.
It. (lodger, acting Justice of the peace
. I, , slice of the ni'lli'f
.uiilv and to uutharlac1'" '"pun"' chlldran mlnglln; with
f ii.i ..iji.i- k ..a ji I . 1 1 1 tm
in Hum nrnbe
the onimlMlo,,e,s of Hiincombc to
hull. I a bridge over Ibe Klencb Hroud
river and Issue bonds Ibelefor.
Itepresentatlve , oiiiiors 1,111 re-.
'lulring additional ,,l, all flea I ioui f.
the pl.K lhe of niedli ll,e, met Will,
t',,'., "t II..- lic.M.lu of Ihc house Ce.il-
rnlttee or, health Th- pr im ipal
. ha, lie l 1 hat Hi.- n 1 . 1 1 . i.nl
fn
li.
'use must show graduation 'rn'r a
hluh s boot of the stale and t four
year's .'iu,e or .ipilpioenl ,,l,r to
taking up the study of medicine, ,l,e
hill does not cITl'it those who have
.,lread begun the study or medicine
under Hi., present law. ,
The hill ,,f ep, eseol itiVe I'errV. of
Hla.b ,1. f'.l Hie b' II. , pi' .Li Hon of the
traveling In re.,, nil, m bote,..
and hoarding im
nnd Sleeping ,'if
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BILL FOR ISSUE OF $500,000
FOR IMPROVEMENT OF WATERWAYS
(By Associated Press.)
WASH I NOT, i.V Jan. A t p
toward ti,,- , urrvlng out 'f the mans
agreed upon by the recent water
ways i ',nf. r. in In this citv 'Vas lak-
n tnciav w h, ri HeprcMcntatlv Itan-
lell ol lynlsiana: Moor", of I'llltl-
sylvania: Sbirlev. of Kentucky and
Hartbohll .,r Missouri, jointly IlltrO
du, ed a bill for the creation of a
vvpterwavs commission and another
for the Issue of 1000, 000. oon for the
Improvement of waterways.
The fornor bill provides that the
commission shall consist of four rep
resentatives elected by the irfaker
and seven others to be appointed by
the president, of whom two shall be
SCHOOL MEASURE
M( )ST 1 ) AN (J ERO US
i Another Hill Would I5ar
( .laps From Officiating Tn
' llig Corporations. .
.v TV
".
'"' '' correspondent of The CUhten)
WASH I XUTO.W Jan. 28. Ths) d
, ,, rl .,,( f t)ti, , mrj, concerned!
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;coast. rnree tuns are now pending
i.r fore the California legislature and
,. . .. .,Pnuillll,iv -hlemtaa
, .
t" ' ,',,"- Th "rt mPf,W9 "
iildpalltles to segrentnt nd eontrol
Japanese anil Chlnaae populations.'. Jt
.i,.,!,..,.,, Mclllv to'n.rnvll Dan
Krnnclsco tn keep tha Japan With
in thn hounds of Chinatown, thug pts
venting them from ranllnir pmiwrty
In good residence districts, us Uicy
have douo sltieo th fire. J
A second hill prohibit Japannwi
from attending public school". a
third bill provides no Japanese hill
, . t
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.? hJ 1 V?11
- "iiinoi iu mm ic mm ijicr
passage or anyonn or in inreo meal'
ure would cause tint only serious, kut
i grave emharraasment tn th diploma.
i . un i i. . i. - .
l ;, . , , . - .o T,v . J
mnunir orras uo Bit rfOHllOII Willi
!thl '"untry. . ..
.m.igr ... auisum
This is the point that levarclsf
ler the Han Francisco Mrtltquak In,
108. At that tlm.-th. Mikado I.
sued an official atatsmsnt In. which ha
ni'iiumwii mirui. r "I put it i ' .
jpropla. ; Ma ha not airiCa IndhNtt.d ,j '
change of heart on Jh question.
Japan's position, brlafly,. I tht
all Japanese In th " trnltad Stttti
shall bo aocorduit the ,hjm prlvlltiy .
"If the .liipuncs and Chin sir
sltiKled out nnd muds in attend s)
"It means a violation of the trsaty.
flrman. Trench Haandanavlani ud
nini in wo, mo uiRrni. rnltioss
r President Hoosavalt, gave In to th
Japanese. The rsal reason for Ban
I'rarn ; o's objartlon to tha premiic
of Japanese In public schools wa nut
'mdersiond co.npletsly at the tlm.
" , inoe.-. . .,,,. ,1,0 nv uiijn.
' .,,...,.-0. ira, nsi not uve.s .1
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the same classes with American boy
and aitls of tender age.
Hentluient against thn Japanese on
the Hue, lie roast Is hurrylnt lonT
with a Heve-lng,ie-bota stride. At
"rsl only California was against tho
Japanese N'ent rams Oregon and
Wiishlnafnn. Nearly every state Went
of ih" kles Is now In line.
It Is not hard to understand why
the western working man 1 antagon
ist'. In the Japanese. The latter I
content to work 14 hour days for It
to II '.(, per day. As soon as he Is In
a position 10 demand more, he take
advantage of th opportunity, belli
ever readv lo strike.
Tin. 1 the little brown men roubt
artu-ili. vrowd'' Americans out of'
their .cv n homes could scarcely !
iifi'li-roiii'i'l by those who have not
.-,,,'iailv llw-d neighbors to Japnnesia).
Vet 1, 1 an be done end I being done
now. Tho writer recently made
ful Im nstlgniion of the subject,
vis, nut.' every city having any con
siderable Japanese population from
H.io lil. -no to Vancouver, Hrltlsh 1 'o
hmii.ia being In the latter city when
the aiiii-.lapiines" demonstrations 00-
aired there In rteptember, l'J07.
members or the engineer corp of th
arir.v ; two civil engineers; two cltl
.ens or experience In transportation,
and one other citiiten. The member
term is fixed at three year and th
salary of those not In th employ (
the government at 14.000 per an
num. This e,mmlslon I to !nsU
gate problem of water transporta
tion and make recommendation to
congress.
The bond bill limit the amount to
be issued In any fiscal year t S0.
000.000 The bond r made le
deemablc ten year from th dat of
the'r Issue, and they r to bear In
terest at the rate of tyro Per Cent. - -